#8A48D6#8A48D6

#8A48D6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.149; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.208 H 301.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A48D6
RGB	rgb(138, 72, 214)
HSL	hsl(268, 63%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(268, 66%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.5%, 66.4%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.49, 55.04, -62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.49, 83.31, 311.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.42% 0.1076 -0.1779)
OKLCH	oklch(55.42% 0.208 301.2)
XYZ	xyz(24.9333, 14.8929, 65.1663)
Luminance	0.1489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8A48D6 #94D648

analogous

#484DD6 #8A48D6 #D148D6

triadic

#8A48D6 #D68A48 #48D68A

tetradic

#8A48D6 #D6484D #94D648 #48D6D1

square

#8A48D6 #D6484D #94D648 #48D6D1

split-complementary

#8A48D6 #D6D148 #4DD648

monochromatic

#4E1E86 #6B29B8 #8A48D6 #AA7AE1 #CAACEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.28

#8A48D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.98

#8A48D6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8A48D6

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A48D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8A48D6	1.00	5.28	3.98	5.28
#FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BDA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#006BD3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#7A6889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6C6C6C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a48d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 72, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.208 301.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b27fe3',
    500: '#8a48d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a48d6;
$custom-light: #b27fe3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a48d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.887,
    "s": 63.393,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55416,
    "c": 0.20795,
    "h": 301.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.14893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A48D6

secondary

#BFDAA0

accent

#E6419A

background

#FBF8FE

surface

#F6EFFC

border

#D0CAD5

text

#110A16

muted

#807C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A48D6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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